Patterns

With the pair of Wonder Woman booty shorts in her drawer, and some spare metallic dance fabric leftover in my fabric stash…I thought I’d try to make a pattern for a pair of gymnastics shorts to boost Ivy’s gym wardrobe. I am still working out the glitches, but along the way, I did find a(…)

I stumbled upon this a-mazing wiener dog fabric when I was checking out the Girl Charlee website a couple of weeks ago and had to have it! I could hardly wait to make a cute little everyday tee for Ivy to wear. I modeled the pattern off of a favorite Gap shirt that she has,(…)

Hello there! Autie and I are going to start #fbf (Flashback Friday) posts. We are excited for this because it gives us a chance to get some things done while posting for those who never saw the original project or who are new to the blog! Today I thought I would bring back one of(…)

It’s been a hot summer here and I have been meaning to make Bella some dresses for a while now. I finally drafted up a pattern for an easy tank dress that is perfect for warm summer days. The beauty of this little dress is it can be made with just about any fabric. I(…)

I am so excited to share this fun and easy pattern with you for THE comfiest and cutest pajama pants…ever. I love that the top is lower-waisted and semi-fitted so I don’t feel like a complete frump when I’m wearing them all morning. I actually feel cute waltzing around the house, cleaning bathrooms and such.(…)

I’ve been all about wearing skirts the past few weeks, as it’s been un-seasonable hot around these parts. May and June are usually pretty gloomy, but I actually went IN the water when I was at the beach this weekend… Anyway, so I’ve been on a skirt kick, whipping all sorts of skirts in my(…)

I don’t like buying little girls pajamas. I think they are for the most part, ugly and expensive. Emily’s staple night-wear have been these awesome pillowcase nightgowns that I made like 4 years ago. FINALLY she has grown out of them. They still fit ok but the armpits are a little too short now. So(…)

Hey! I know it’s not summer…it feels like it around here at 70+ degrees in Southern California, but I’ve been waiting to share this pattern with you, and I can’t wait any longer! I don’t know if you remember last Halloween when my daughter Ivy was the stinkin’ cutest Bumble Bee EVER for Halloween.(…)

A little while ago, I purchased a pattern from Joann’s called KWIK SEW: Made to Match. One of those patterns that has both the pattern for your little girl, but also for your little girl’s 18 inch doll, which is just magical! I tried it out on some of my favorite(…)

When Emily informed me this year that she wanted to be a cheetah for Halloween, I was underwhelmed. I tried to talk her out of it, but she wouldn’t budge. So I then perused the internet to see what I could buy. You see, I like making creative costumes. When I couldn’t find anything at(…)

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